FCS · Preseason Ballots

24 ballots · 12 on every ballot · 48 outlier picks · 54 left off

Ballot matrix: team ranks by voter

Rk	Team	Pts	1st	A. Kenkel	B. Schleiger	B. Wilson	C. Bolin	C. Burton	C. Steve	C. Neely	D. Helton	F. Triumvirate	G. Leone	J. Singleton	J. Williams	J. Sandos	J. Hooper	K. Brake	K. Marshall	K. Neale	M. Beutell	O. Borja	P. Adams	S. Herder	S. Akem	T. Rosario	Z. McKinnell	On	Range
1	North Dakota State	600	24	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	24	1–1
2	Montana State	566	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	9	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	24	2–9
3	South Dakota State	541	0	5	5	3	5	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	24	2–5
4	South Dakota	530	0	4	4	4	3	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	24	2–8
5	Incarnate Word	488	0	9	3	5	4	10	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	11	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	3	24	3–11
6	UC Davis	429	0	6	8	7	7	6	7	8	9	14Outlier	7	7	12	6	15Outlier	7	14Outlier	8	8	7	6	6	8	6	6	24	6–15
7	Montana	421	0	10	6	8	16Outlier	13	9	6	7	8	12	6	6	9	6	9	6	7	7	6	9	9	6	11	11	24	6–16
8	Illinois State	410	0	3	12	6	11	12	8	7	6	6	6	9	9	8	12	6	8	24Outlier	6	9	14	7	7	8	10	24	3–24
9	Tarleton State	408	0	7	7	9	6	5	13	11	8	9	8	8	8	7	—Left off the published Top 25	5	7	9	11	5	8	8	9	15	7	23	5–15
10	Rhode Island	374	0	12	11	12	9	4	16	10	10	7	10	11	7	10	10	12	12	16	10	10	7	11	13	12	8	24	4–16
11	Mercer	347	0	8	9	11	12	15	14	9	11	11	13	13	11	12	14	13	9	10	9	11	11	13	11	9	18	24	8–18
12	Idaho	325	0	15	13	10	10	9	18	12	12	12	18	12	13	11	3Outlier	14	5	11	14	12	12	15	12	19	17	24	3–19
13	Sacramento State	294	0	18	19	20	8	—Left off the published Top 25	6	15	16	13	16	10	10	14	19	11	17	6	15	15	10	10	10	14	12	23	6–20
14	Villanova	232	0	11	10	19	20	11	17	13	13	10	21	15	20	13	—Left off the published Top 25	18	10	21	13	13	18	16	14	—Left off the published Top 25	24Outlier	22	10–24
15	Lehigh	227	0	22	14	14	15	14	19	14	14	16	17	19	18	17	11	20	21	17	12	17	16	18	15	21	16	24	11–22
16	Jackson State	191	0	24Outlier	23	18	—Left off the published Top 25	23	12	18	18	19	14	14	14	18	—Left off the published Top 25	19	24Outlier	13	18	14	13	12	18	22	13	22	12–24
17	Western Carolina	190	0	13	20	—Left off the published Top 25	24	20	15	17	17	21	19	17	19	20	8Outlier	10	16	15	17	16	—Left off the published Top 25	19	19	20	20	22	8–24
18	Southern Illinois	179	0	16	15	21	13	—Left off the published Top 25	22	21	19	15	9Outlier	23	—Left off the published Top 25	19	20	22	13	12	22	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	20	7Outlier	9Outlier	20	7–23
19	Northern Arizona	175	0	14	18	22	17	—Left off the published Top 25	21	19	20	18	11Outlier	16	16	16	21	15	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	17	17	17	10Outlier	14	19	10–22
20	Abilene Christian	170	0	—Left off the published Top 25	17	16	18	18	20	16	15	20	24	18	22	15	13	17	—Left off the published Top 25	14	16	—Left off the published Top 25	21	14	16	23	23	21	13–24
21	Stephen F. Austin	126	0	17	16	17	14	24	—Left off the published Top 25	23	22	17	15	21	25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	25	—Left off the published Top 25	20	20	—Left off the published Top 25	23	21	23	13Outlier	15	20	13–25
22	Tennessee Tech	100	0	19	21	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	25	20	23	22	20	20	21	—Left off the published Top 25	16	23	23	25	23	23	19	20	21	17	19	20	16–25
23	Harvard	98	0	21	22	—Left off the published Top 25	23	7Outlier	10Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	25	22	17	24	25	21	—Left off the published Top 25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	22	15Outlier	22	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	16	7–25
24	East Tennessee State	97	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	25	15Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	5Outlier	16Outlier	22	19	19	18	20	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	18	22	13	5–25
25	Monmouth	67	0	20	—Left off the published Top 25	23	21	17Outlier	23	22	21	25	22	24	—Left off the published Top 25	22	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	25	22	24	21	17	17–25
	Others receiving votes
RV	Richmond	49	0			15Outlier		19	24	24	25					21			15Outlier		25	19	25		25			11	15–25
RV	Stony Brook	34	0	23				16Outlier		25	24								20	22		20			24			8	16–25
RV	Chattanooga	31	0			25	22	21				23					18Outlier		18Outlier		24							7	18–25
RV	Southeast Missouri State	24	0			13Outlier		22									24				21Outlier							4	13–24
RV	North Dakota	17	0			24												24						24		16Outlier	25	5	16–25
RV	Dartmouth	15	0						11Outlier																			1	11–11
RV	Southern Utah	11	0	25	25										24Outlier		23Outlier						22Outlier					5	22–25
RV	Northern Iowa	9	0														17Outlier											1	17–17
RV	North Carolina Central	8	0		24Outlier		25Outlier															21Outlier						3	21–25
RV	Eastern Kentucky	8	0												23Outlier		22Outlier									25Outlier		3	22–25
RV	UT Martin	3	0					25Outlier								25Outlier			25Outlier									3	25–25
RV	Southeastern Louisiana	3	0																	23Outlier								1	23–23
RV	Columbia	2	0																			24Outlier						1	24–24
RV	Duquesne	1	0																			25Outlier						1	25–25